General Chat

heard on the news last week that some school are considering to open their door to children at7.ooa>m till 6.00p.m in the evening to help working families out.the children could have their breakfast at school and then be opicked up in the evening.my argument is the children are there to be taught by teachers who have enough stress as it is.childern have to be away from school to play out with there friends .and also sitting down with the family at breakfast which is important to have family discussions rather than being in a school hall with the teachersxx(:

good grief Lisa, are you trying to beat the record for most threads started in one day ? lol

no paul just got alot of questions to ask.had a surge in the old brain!!!!xxx(:

Sit down as a family at breakfast? Never happened in this house. Dad's off at about 7:45, brother at 8:00, me at 8:15 and sister and 8:30 with mum. Just too hectic!

used to years ago.that's how they got there children to comunicate rather than the kids sitting in front of the box at breakfast timexxxx(:

Lisa, are you at work today?

no at home now.what you been up to?xxxx(:

I thought you were posting more than working. :-) Been to college, came back, had early tea, came on the boards. The days seem to be going quicker nowadays.

hardly anybody on here today.spoken to paul but he still hasn't mentioned about our vacation to the place with snowy mountains and santaxxxx(:

I think he's got another woman. Disgraceful. :-(

dan i think i'm the has been .he chats more to manda than me now.boo hoo!!xxx):

I think it would benefit people who perhaps have no choice but to work long tiresome hours and therefore could be a good thing!! My god-daughter used to go to after school clubs so that her mother could work and it didn't do her any harm.... in fact it taught her more practical skills than school did as they cooked etc whilst there!! :O)

for some it would be a godsend but the teachers are there to teach not to babysit.i think childrens work would be effected if this happenedxxx(:

Maz, not for the first time today I agree with you totally. I personally think that a child benefts from having it's Mother (or Father) at home until they're at school anyway. I understand the financial implications mean that isn't always possible, buat I still think it's the best way.

My children's schools have run breakfast and afterschool clubs, but these are NOT run by the teachers, they are run separately, but use the school buildings. I have used afterschool clubs for my sons when they came out of school before I'd finished (even though I work at a school!) and childminders. They preferred the club as they got to play on a playstation (we didn't have one at the time) and use the school playing field, whereas the childminder's garden was small and her own children they found too young to play with. Everyone has to do what is right for their situation. Governments tend to push whatever is politically right for them - eg during WW2 it was considered fine for mothers to work at munitions factories and send their children to live with strangers/spend all day in a nursery. After the war there was no nursery provision - my mother would have liked me to go simply so that school wouldn't be too much of a shock as I had been at home all day with her till I started. It was! nell

Hi, I think it's not a bad idea as long as teachers don't have to run them. And as long as parents pay for the after school club and it doesn't come out of the education budget. Money given to schools is for education not childminding. Gwynne

I think most Breakfast and After School/Homework clubs are run by outsiders - not teachers. Ours is run by the local YMCA. (no singing at the back!). It is too expensive for me so if I have to work after 3.00 I get a friend to bring them to my house - she has a key. Under no circumstances would my kids 'play out' - although I do see other parents in this area (which is regarded as 'deprived' and very built up with busy roads)who allow their kids of age 4 upwards out on the streets. Maz. XX